An Easy Salisbury Steak Recipe to add to your repertoire of dinner-party worthy meals. But hey make it ANY time for a tasty dinner with plenty of leftovers!
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When I was a kid we used to get tv dinners once in a while. I mean like once a year or so!
WHAT A TREAT.
I would spend way too long in front of the freezer at the store trying to decide what I was going to have for dinner. There were so many choices but only two were true contenders.
I mean it was really only a toss-up between fried chicken with french fries OR Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes. The dilemma was real in Hungry-Man land.
Ever since those days, I’ve thought happily about Salisbury steak. When I got older I decided to try making them at home.
After many failed attempts I have a recipe that I enjoy making and that tastes good. And more importantly, my family will eat.
A few Notes on this Easy Homemade Salisbury Steak Recipe
It’s a little bit of a mix between homemade and storebought though. I use beef broth for the base of the Salisbury steak gravy. No regrets on that one, it makes for an easy gravy.
On some occasions, I’ve used brown gravy mix too. It all works. If I use brown gravy mix I just water it down a little, add extra dried onion flakes, corn starch, and call it good.
I will give recommended amounts in the recipe notes if you want to use a brown gravy mix.
This recipe calls for Panko, a Japanese Bread Crumb. Feel free to sub in cracker crumbs or bread crumbs or even extra dried bread cubes crushed up. You want the crumbs to lighten up the meat patty so pretty much anything will work.
The mushrooms. To use or not to use, that’s always my question. I have one kid who swears mushrooms are dog lips. Right. So there’s that.
Yet everyone loves mushrooms. I use a few and chop them finely so they are almost unidentifiable. BUT this recipe would tolerate up to 1/2 of pound of sliced button mushrooms. I am all for that many mushrooms!
What to serve with homemade Salisbury steaks? Ohhhh good question! I love to serve it with mashed potatoes for that gravy goodness. If you’re not having mashed potatoes a good bread for mopping up gravy works too.
And our favorite vegetable with Salisbury steak is green beans. I think that’s what used to be in TV dinners too.
Yep just checked it definitely came with green beans!
Easy Homemade Salisbury Steak Recipe
An Easy Salisbury Steak Recipe to add to your repertoire of dinner-party worthy meals. But hey make it ANY time for a tasty dinner with plenty of leftovers!
Ingredients
- 1 TBSP cooking oil, if your beef is very lean
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 TBSP onion flakes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp garlic granules
- 2 eggs
- 1 TBSPÂ Worcestershire sauce
Salisbury Steak Gravy
- 1 TBSP butter
- 4 button mushrooms, sliced or chopped finely depending on what you like
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 cup water
- 1-2 TBSP dried onionsÂ
- 3 TBSP corn starch
Instructions
- preheat deep frying pan, with oil if using
- mix the beef with the spices, then add bread crumbs, eggs, and Worcestershire sauce
- mix until well combined but not packed tightly together
- make 12 small patties and brown in the frying pan on both sides
- once browned remove to a plate
- melt the butter in the same pan, add the mushrooms to the frying pan and saute lightly and scrape up the browned bits
- add the broth, and 3/4 cup of water, begin to bring to a boil
- mix the cornstarch with the remaining water
- mix a small amount of hot broth with the cornstarch mix
- stir all into the gravy mix, whisking smooth
- bring to a boil, add the onion flake
- taste for salt and pepper add as needed
- put the Salisbury steak in the gravy, cover and bake for 25-30 minutes
- remove to lid bake five more minutes
Notes
if you're using a gravy mix, use enough for 2 cups of gravy and cut it with one cup of water
add an extra Tablespoon of cornstarch as mixed in above
you're adding water to cut the saltiness of the gravy mix
if you don't mind the saltiness of the gravy by all means use 3 cups of gravy